Chapter History

2006

 

Jeff Salisbury – President

 

Ÿ         March

o       Dinner Meeting held at the Mermaid Conference Center

o       Presentation on "ESD Packaging Principles and Evaluation Procedures" by Bob Vermillion, RMV Technology Group

Ÿ         April

o       2 day ESD Program Manager Tutorial, Bloomington, MN

o       Basics, Packaging and Standards

 

Ÿ         June

o       Seagate Technology, Bloomington, MN

o       Presentation on "ESD Consideration for Disc Drive Manufacturing" and a Window tour of Wafer Fab area  

 

Ÿ         September

o       Celestica, Arden Hills, MN

o       Presentation on "TR-53, Compliance Verification of ESD Protective Equipment and Materials"

 

Ÿ         December

o       Seagate Technology, Shakopee, MN

o       Sales presentation on Ionization, Packaging, Constant Monitors and Audit Equipment.

2005

 

Merle Weight - President

 

·              March

o       Dinner Meeting held at the Mermaid Conference Center

o       Merle Weight presented on “Case Studies of ESD Events”

 

·              June

o       IBM Corporation

o       Presentation by John Mass of IBM, “Systems ESD Testing.

 

 

·             September

o       Celestica Corporation

o         Presentation by Craig Zander of Restronics Northland, “ESDA Roadmap.”

 

·             December

o       Guidant Corporation

o         Presentation by Ginger Hansel of Dangelmayer Associates L.L.C., “Handling ESD Class 0 Sensitive Devices.”

 

  

2004

 

Ron Demshar - President

 

·        March

o       Dinner meeting at the Mermaid Conference Center

o       Presentation was given by Ron Gibson of Celestica International, Inc. on “Assessment of ESD  Control Programs”

·        June

o       TEK Products

o       Presentation was given by Kay Adams of TECH WEAR, Inc. on “ESD Control Garments

·        June

o       The North Central Chapter participated in SMTA annual vendor show at 3M.

·        September

o       Bakken Library and Museum

o       A tour of the Museum was provided.

o       Presentation was given on the Bakken Library and Museum by Ellen Kuhfeld, “Curator of Instruments” at the library and museum

·        December

o       3M

o       Supplier Show -  A total of six suppliers were drawn at random from over 20 requests at the board of directors meeting. Each supplier was given 15 minutes to talk about their products with 5 minutes for questions, the speakers and companies presenting were:

·        “Constant Monitoring and Data Acquistion for Grounding Devices”             by Steve Paulson of Electri-Rep of Minnesota

·        “Work Surfaces” by Craig Zander of Restronics Northland

·        “Ionization” by Tom Watkins of Transforming Technologies

·        “Packaging” by Steve Braun of Central Container Corporations

·        “Seating” by Doug Loberg of Benchside Technologies

·        “Floors” by Don Reynolds of 3M Company           

 

 

2003

 

Tim Jarrett – President

 

·        March

o       Dinner Meeting at the Mermaid Conference Center

o        Presentation was given by Brent Beamer of Static control Components (SCC) on the new ESDA Standard  - S541

·        April

o       Regional Tutorial and Vendor Show at Seagate

o       38 Attendees and 25 Vendors participated.

·        June 

o       3M

o       Panel Discussion:  “ESD Myths“   Panel members were: Dale Parkin Jeff Salisbury, Merle Weight, Craig Zander.  Tim Jarrett was the Moderator

·        September

o       Central Container Corporation

o       Tour of the facilities was provided.

o       Dale Parkin presented on “Packaging”  with a demonstration on ESDA STM 11.31

·        December

o       Seagate

o       Tour of the facilities was provided.

o       Jeff Salisbury presented “To Monitor or Not to Monitor”

 

 

2002

 

     Kris Meacham President

 

·        March 

o       Diner Meeting at Exceptional Banquet Center

o       Tim Jarrett presented “Periodic verification test methods for ESD protective equipment and materials”

·        June 

o       Micro Control

o       Merle Weight presented "How do you know if you have an ESD Problem" Part I

·        September

o       Data Card

o       Merle Weight presented "How do you know if you have an ESD Problem" Part II

·        December

o       Seagate

o       Tour of the facilities was provided

o       Two presentations were given: 

Ÿ         “The Internal Parts of a Disc Drive Assembly” presented by Rick Meyer

Ÿ         “Ionization” presented by Jeff Salisbury           

 

2001

John Dollar President

• March, Diner Meeting at Ramada Plaza
  John Kinnear presented an overview of 20.20 ESD Association Standard for Protection of Electrical and Electronic Parts, Assemblies and Equipment.
• June, Manufacturing Services
  Gary Blum gave a presentation on monitoring wrist straps.
• September, Conductive Containers, Inc. CCI
  Overview of what CCI does in the ESD market:
  Types of products
  Raw materials
  Processes
  Purpose of the plant
  Plant tour
  Processing conductive corrugated
  Thermoforming of ESD protective plastics
  Tooling for thermoformed parts
  Assembly and secondary operations
• December, Guidant
  Carl Newberg presented on "A study in the Electrical Properties of Polymeric Materials Used for Gloves and Finger Cots"
  Photographer Bruce Challgren gave a presentation photographing lightening

2000

Eric Newton President

• March, Diner Meeting at Ramada Plaza
  Stephen C. Schaeffer, ESD Association presented about the ESD Association.
• June, 3M
  Dave Swenson presented "Grounding of Personnel in ESD Sensitive Environments"Dave provide handout at this meeting on the following:
  "Grounding of Personnel in ESD Sensitive Environments", by David E. Swenson and Dr. Robert W. Wilson, 3M Electronic Handling and Protection Division.
  "The Effect of Resistance to Ground on Human Body ESD", by D E Swenson
  "Assessment of Energy", by David E. Swenson and Dr. Robert W. Wilson of 3MElectronic Handling and Protection Division, and Chung F. Lam of Read-Rite Corporation.
• September, Artisen in Red Wood Falls
  Panel Discussion and interactive meeting.
• December, Honeywell
  Vendor meeting/show -- A total of six suppliers were drawn at random from over 20 requests at the board of directors meeting. Each supplier was given 15 minutes to talk about their products with 5 minutes for questions, the speakers and companies presenting were:
  #1 Paul Casanova - Redwing Safety Shoes
  #2 Don Reynolds - 3M
  #3 Craig Zander - Restronics
  #4 Steve Braun and Ron Demshar - Central Container
  #5 Mick Lyman - Loeffler's Hy-Test Safety Shoes
  #6 One supplier had to cancel.

1999

Craig Zander President

• March, Dinner meeting at Exceptional Banquet Center
  Ron Gibson presented “ESD Controls in the Contract Manufacturing Environment“
• June, Itron in Waseca
  Merle Weight presented “Determining Factory Failure Levels due to ESD and the Justification of an ESD Protection Program”
• September, Lockheed Martin in Eagan
  Lary Haupt spoke about their ESD Training they have on their internal WEB page.
  Dale Parkin presented on Flooring / Footwear and ESD Standards regards these two.
• December, Honeywell, Inc. in Plymouth
  Greg Gregory presented "Focus on Learning: A Roadmap for the Design and Development of Effective Training Programs”

1998

Keith Resvick President

• March, Dinner meeting at Maxa’s in Chaska
  ESD Panel discussion
• June, Manufacturing Services
  Roger Pierce spoke to members on variety of SD related topics including ROI and an overview of various case studies he has been involved in.
• September, IBM
  Chapter members presented on 4 ESD Association Standards
• December, Control Data Systems
  Dr. Terry Welsher presented “ESD in the 21st Century”

1997

Steve Painter President

• March, Dinner Meeting at Maxa’s
  Steve Fowler presented on ESD flooring
• June, CPI/Guidant
  Al Breidegam presented on “ESD Grounding Networks and Constant Grounding”
• September, Red Wing Shoe Co.
  Red Wing Shoe Personnel presented on ESD Shoes
• December, MTS Systems Corporation
  Presentation by Kevin Wilds of MTS Systems

1996

Curt Erickson President

• March, Dinner Meeting at Hennepin Technical College
  Presentation on “Left Brain Right Brain”
• June, BF Goodrich / Rosemount Aerospace
  Curt Erickson gave a presentation that described and demonstrated the ESD control training, certification and recertification program conducted at Rosemount Aero.
• September, Tricord Systems
  Carl Olson presented Tricord Systems ESD control program.
• December, Aetrium, Inc.
  Darrin Dickerson presented “ESD Control for Semiconductor Handling Equipment”

1995

Craig Zander President

• March, Dinner Meeting at Hennepin Technical College
  Wayne Tan presented “ESD hazards and control methods associated with automatic handling equipment in semiconductor manufacturing environments”
• June, Riverside Electronics in Lewiston
  Plant Tour
  Review ESD Training Video
• September, Computing Devices International in Bloomington
  Steve Vanetta presented “Implementing ESD Controls in a small to medium size company.” And there was a tour of the circuit assembly and bare board manufacturing.
• December, Cardiac Pacemaker/Guidant Corporation
  Joel Weidendorf presented “Tribocharging of Personnel as Influenced by Relative Humidity”

1994

Dale Parkin President

• March, Dinner Meeting at Hennepin Technical College
  Ron Gibson presented “Packaging Fundamentals for ESD Sensitive Products”
• June, IBM
  Dr. Don Pierce spoke to the chapter about the subject or the local chapters with the National organization as well as other open topics
• September, Cray Research
  Terry Jacobson gave 3 presentations on; “3AQ Option Fallout” “EPROM Failures”; and “I/O, Cable/System Failures due to ESD”
• December, Unisys
  Chris Strand “Is it ESD, EOS or Other”

1993

Jack Chandler President

• March, Dinner Meeting at Hennepin County Technical College
  Ginger Hansel presented “ESD Control Programs and the Associations Educational Focus” and Frank DuRocher, an Electronic Instructor at HCTC, spoke of EOS/ESD training in their curriculum.
• June, Zytec in Redwood Falls
  Factory tour of Zytec, Jeanne Wepplo and Dennis Brletilch, of Zytec, gave a presentation on Surface Mount Technology and how it relates to EOS/ESD at Zytec and industry wide.
• August, Federal Cartridge
  Presentation on What Federal Cartridge Does, Their safety, the ESD concerns, production.
  A Tour of Federal Cartridge facilities.
• December, Loeffler Safety Shoes
  Discussion on ESD Footwear and its importance

1992

Joel Weidendorf President

• March, Industrial Custom Products LTD. in Mounds View
  Dr. Brian Corry gave a presentation on Carbon filled materials
  Following the meeting, Dinner was at Mermaid Supper Club
• June, Red Wing Shoe Co. in Red Wing / St. James Hotel
  Ken Dille of Red Wing Shoes addressed members regarding footwear
• August, Lake Center Industries in Winona
• December, 3M Sales Center in Eagan
  Dave Swenson gave a presentation on the EOS/ESD Association Standards Activities

1991

Joel Weidendorf President

• March, Dinner meeting at the BAKKEN Museum
• June, IBM
  Ionization Measurement Tutorial was presented
• September, Control Data, Grey Fox
  Tom Stechmann presented “Degraded Device Detection”
  Tim Jarrett presented “Evaluation of ESD Materials”
• December, Rosemount Inc. Aerospace
  Tour of their production line and addressed the static control measures used.

1990

Merle Weight President

• March, Dinner Meeting at Tommy K’s
  Ronald Haugen of Zytec Corp. presented “Basic Elements of an ESD Control Program in a Manufacturing Environment”
• June, Cray Research
  Terry Jacobson and others presented “ESD Grounding of a Workstation”
• September, Zytec
• October, First Chapter Vendor Night
• December, Honeywell
  Steve Halperin presented

1989

Merle Weight President

• March, 3M Sales Office - Dave Swenson gave a presentation on Material Testing
• June, Medtronic - Merle Weight & Joel Weidendorf spoke on Return on Investment
• September, Baxter Scientific Products in Plymouth - First Common Ground Newsletter
• December, Control Data in Arden Hills -
  Tour, Jack Chandler gave update on the Grounding Standard.
  Craig Zander gave status report on the Midwest Expo.
  Joel Weidendorf spoke on the ESD Association standards and EIA 541 standard.

1988

Dave Roop President

• March, Honeywell in St. Louis Park
• September, IBM - Presentation on - “A standard Test to Determine the Susceptibility of a Machine to ESD”
• December, Unisys in Roseville - Merle Weight spoke on Failure Analysis Defect Mechanisms from back to front. A Lab tour was provided as well.

1987

• September, First North Central Meeting, Holiday Inn Airport
  Merle Weight Presented “ESD - Causes and Control”
• 3M Sales office in Eagan